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      Adventure Stories no. 3: Combined Operation (Home Front)
      Adventure Stories no. 3: Combined Operation (Home Front)
      Adventure Stories no. 3: Combined Operation (Home Front)
      Adventure Stories no. 3: Combined Operation (Home Front)

      Adventure Stories no. 3: Combined Operation (Home Front)

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      U9G3F7
      new
      1st edition
      32pp
      Saxon, Norman
      Pictorial Art Ltd.
      [c.1942]
      -
      Illustrated with black line drawings
      Pictorial card covers
      London
      24mo, 9.5cm
      Description:

      Adventure Series no. 3 - 'Combined Operation' by Norman Saxon. One of a different series of "Air Raid Shelter" books published for children during WW2. Wartime paper shortages meant that some children's books were produced in miniature format, in a style reminiscent of 18th and 19th century chapbooks. More titles available in this series..

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